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Clapton en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈklæptən/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (“rock, hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A suburban area of London in the borough of Hackney, Greater London (officially Upper Clapton and Lower Clapton), (OS grid ref TQ3486).
   • I'm roll on track, I'm in this field / I'm shot, you put me in my feels / She made it clap clap clap clappity-clap out in Clapton 2018, “Ace Feat. Smino & Saba”, in Room 25, performed by Noname:
2. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A hamlet in Hungerford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3870).
3. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1617).
4. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A village in Ston Easton parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6453).
5. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A village in West Crewkerne parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4106).
6. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms

Deriveds

Clapton in Gordano · Clapton-on-the-Hill

Synonyms

Clapton-on-the-Hill